Dwight T. Reed

Dwight Thornton Reed (May 13, 1915 – May 31, 2000) was an American college football player, coach of college football, college basketball, and track, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Louisville Municipal College (a separate Negro College of University of Louisville) in Louisville, Kentucky and Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri from 1949 to 1972, compiling a career college football coaching record of 149–84–7.^[1] As a college football player, Reed lettered three times at the University of Minnesota and competed on the Gopher's 1935 and 1936 national championship squads.^[2]

Dwight T. Reed

Biographical details
Born	(1915-03-13)March 13, 1915 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	May 31, 2000(2000-05-31) (aged 85) Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1935–1937	Minnesota
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1946–1948	Louisville Municipal
1949–1972	Lincoln (MO)
Basketball
1955–1959	Lincoln (MO)
Track and field
1949–1993	Lincoln (MO) (men's)
1985–1993	Lincoln (MO) (women's)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1957–1980	Lincoln (MO)
Head coaching record
Overall	149–84–7 (football) 63–61 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 4 MAA/Midwest (1952–1953, 1958, 1962) 1 MIAA (1972)
Awards
All-Big Ten (1935)

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Louisville Municipal Bantams (Independent) (1946)
1946	Louisville Municipal	5–2
Louisville Municipal Bantams (Midwest Athletic Association) (1947–1948)
1947	Louisville Municipal	6–1–1	2–0–1	2nd
1948	Louisville Municipal	3–5	0–3	5th
Louisville Municipal:		14–8–1	2–3–1
Lincoln Blue Tigers (Midwest Athletic Association / Midwest Conference / Midwestern Conference) (1949–1966)
1949	Lincoln	3–6	0–3	5th
1950	Lincoln	1–7	0–3	4th
1951	Lincoln	7–2	1–2	3rd
1952	Lincoln	8–0–1	4–0–1	1st
1953	Lincoln	8–0–1	4–0–1	1st
1954	Lincoln	4–3–1	3–2	4th
1955	Lincoln	5–3	3–1	T–2nd
1956	Lincoln	5–4	1–2	5th
1957	Lincoln	8–1	2–1	3rd
1958	Lincoln	7–1	3–0	1st
1959	Lincoln	7–2–1	0–2–1	4th
1960	Lincoln	3–5	2–1	2nd
1961	Lincoln	2–6	0–3	4th
1962	Lincoln	5–3–1	2–0–1	1st
1963	Lincoln	5–5	2–1	2nd
1964	Lincoln	8–2	2–1	2nd
1965	Lincoln	5–5	2–1	2nd
1966	Lincoln	7–2	1–1	2nd
Lincoln Blue Tigers (NCAA College Division independent) (1967–1969)
1967	Lincoln	3–5
1968	Lincoln	8–2
1969	Lincoln	5–3–1
Lincoln Blue Tigers (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1970–1972)
1970	Lincoln	7–3	3–3	4th
1971	Lincoln	5–5	3–3	3rd
1972	Lincoln	9–1	5–1	T–1st
Lincoln:		135–76–6	43–31–4
Total:		149–84–7
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth